Punishing doped drivers makes roads safer

February 20, 2013

While driving under the influence of some drugs — even those perfectly legal to buy and ingest — can be just as dangerous as getting behind the wheel after too much alcohol, the practice can be more......

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callie

There are already so many drugs on the street that our minimally staffed drug task force can't keep up. How about taking care of them before we utilize police officer time with pulling over law abiding citizens to make a headline. Closing the strip clubs is a great start. How much time does it take to staff officers cleaning up the crap from the clubs? Your taxes are paying for police officers working every bar strip in Berkeley County. Zone this filth out.

Anonymous007

Dr. Gooo: “Huh? …..You have been drinking too much of the Tea Party spiked tea.”

You wouldn’t understand sarcasm if it smacked you in the face, much like the wiener-whipping spaghetti slapping Tums commercial. Me thinks you should stop drinking whatever it is you drink. Go grab a snicker’s while you’re at it.

KalvaChomer

We should follow the approach used by our illustrious president and start down the path of banning all motor vehicles. I've done the research and the studies are conclusve - walking under the influence is far less dangerous than driving under the influence. The same studies project a near total correction to the obesity problem as a side benefit. We all know it is the inanimate objects that lie at the root of the problem. Put a steering wheel in the hands of a mere human, and they become a predator animal. Since we already have them "registered", time to round them up ! We could start with a buy back program. A $100 gift card from Walmart for every vehicle turned in for destruction. And of course, it will create more jobs !

Patriot2192

i agree with major. We are still addressing the symptoms and not the source of the problem. Just like our borders, until we cut the head off the snake, this problem will not decrease. secure the borders and arrest the dealers at all levels.

Sandpiper

Last year, an indictment was returned charging a fellow with six counts of sex abuse. The victims were little girls. In a plea bargain, four of the charges were dropped and the remaining two bought him concurrent sentences of five to 25 years. This was, you guessed it, in Berkeley county. But just prior to the Berkeley case, in Jefferson county, for lesser sexual abuse charges, the same fellow pleaded guilty and received a sentence of 10 to 25 years. The Berkeley sentence runs concurrent with the Jefferson sentence. This means that a fellow who committed atrocious crimes could be--and likely will be--out of prison in much less than 10 years. Something is terribly wrong with this picture. Thanks, Pam.